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> [I tend to lean toward female leads who have their guard up, their spikes out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/i-tend-to-lean-toward-female-leads-who-have-their-guard-up-their/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

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## More by V. E. Schwab

> [I tend to have a long con when it comes to romance, in part because I like the build-up as much as the payoff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/i-tend-to-have-a-long-con-when-it-comes-to-romance-in-part-because-i/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/you-know-so-little-of-war-battles-may-be-fought-from-the-outside-in/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“Pain and fear are inextricable- but pain has multiple forms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/pain-and-fear-are-inextricable-but-pain-has-multiple-forms/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“I feel wonderful. I feel like roses and sunshine and glitter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/i-feel-wonderful-i-feel-like-roses-and-sunshine-and-glitter/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“She felt frozen all over again but in a different way. It wasn't icy water. It was fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/she-felt-frozen-all-over-again-but-in-a-different-way-it-wasn-t-icy/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“Be lost and then you will not care if you are ever found.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/be-lost-and-then-you-will-not-care-if-you-are-ever-found/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“It was then she realized that she wasn't a ghost, or a god. She was a monster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/it-was-then-she-realized-that-she-wasn-t-a-ghost-or-a-god-she-was-a/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“The dusk smelled like dead leaves and far off fires”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/the-dusk-smelled-like-dead-leaves-and-far-off-fires/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“The absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/the-absence-of-pain-led-to-an-absence-of-fear-and-the-absence-of-fear-2/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [I tend to lean toward female leads who have their guard up, their spikes out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/i-tend-to-lean-toward-female-leads-who-have-their-guard-up-their/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“Clean was not skin deep when it came to killing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/clean-was-not-skin-deep-when-it-came-to-killing/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“There were some people you had to stay away from, people who poisoned everything in reach. Then there were people you wanted to stick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/there-were-some-people-you-had-to-stay-away-from-people-who-poisoned-2/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [“Those who ally themselves with monsters are little better than monsters themselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/those-who-ally-themselves-with-monsters-are-little-better-than/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [Purity without balance is its own corruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/purity-without-balance-is-its-own-corruption/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

> [I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab-2/i-d-rather-die-on-an-adventure-than-live-standing-still/)

[V. E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab-2/)

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